Amaretti biscuits

Name: Amaretti biscuits
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Makes 20/30 biscuits
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 egg whites; 150 g caster sugar; 175 g ground almonds; 1/2 tbsp amaretto liqueur; 1-2 tsp almond essence; Icing sugar for rolling the biscuits in

mairfergo @mairfergi

Amaretti biscuits are my favourite I love the almond and amaretto taste and how light they are. These biscuits are lovely for if you have people coming over as they look so nice and go really well with coffee. Or you could just keep them in a sealed tub/jar for you to have with a cup of tea or coffee.

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Ingredients

20 mins prep 15-20 mins in oven

Makes 20/30 biscuits

2egg whites
150 gcaster sugar
175 gground almonds
1/2 tbspamaretto liqueur
1-2 tspalmond essence
Icing sugar for rolling the biscuits in

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Steps

20 mins prep 15-20 mins in oven

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1. Set the oven to 150 fan
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2. Line two trays with baking paper
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3. Separate 2 egg whites, then whisk with an electric whisk until they have stiff peaks/ you can lift it above your head.
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4. Gently fold in the sugar, ground almonds, almond essence and amaretto. Until the mixture becomes like a thick paste.
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Pour icing sugar on a plate and cover your hands with it to stop the mix sticking to them so much.
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Roll the mix into small balls with your hands. Cover/ roll each ball in icing sugar, put lots on them because it will look nice when they crack in the oven (see in photos). Do the balls what ever size you like, I usually get 20 out of them but you could do little ones and make 30.
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Place on baking tray with space in between
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Bake for 15–20 minutes until golden brown and cracked on top.
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Leave to cool.